Edwin Lutyens
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Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memor
Lutyens in 1921
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London
Lutyens's design for The Cenotaph
Lutyens's Midland Bank Building in Manchester, constructed in 1935
Castle Drogo
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Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it is the last castle built in England. The client was Julius Drewe,
Edwin Lutyens
…practice. His commissions were of a varied nature from private houses to two churches for the new Hampstead Garden Suburb in London to Julius Drewe's Castle Drogo near Drewsteignton in Devon and on to his contributions to India's new imperial capital, New Delhi (where he worked as chief architect with Herbert…
"Drogo does not pretend to be a castle. It is a castle..."
Arms showing lion passant and Motto in sculpted relief above the main entrance
Dining Room of Castle Drogo
Chapel & south façade of house